brakeman
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- noun
- /ˈbreɪkˌmæn/
- Archaic
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frenador
- The brakeman signaled the engineer to slow down as the train approached the station.
- railroad brakeman
- driver and brakeman
- brakeman on the train
Examples
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There was also the young brakeman who worked for Taggart Transcontinental even while studying music in the Gulch.
Blog text (12) -
During his shift, the brakeman checked the brakes on every car before departure.
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# I used to be a brakeman on the train
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Looks like we're gonna lose the brakeman, too.
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Post a brakeman on the rear platform.
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I was a brakeman at the railroad.
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It's the brakeman looking silly in his cap and badge.
Fiction book (1991) -
The brakeman headed up the track to the north, waving a red flag as he went to set out the warning for any southbound trains.
Fiction book (1999) -
"... and have 'em call the sheriff in Long Prairie!" At that moment, the conductor and brakeman reached Cy, panting.
Fiction book (1999) -
In the train station in San Francisco one day, in the company of a big player from Los Angeles, Fenton found himself walking toward his uncle in his brakeman's uniform.
Fiction book (1999)
Synonyms
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A male worker on a train who helps passengers and the conductor
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A person or device that applies a brake when a vehicle must stop
A woman who operates a train's brakes
A train worker who operates and looks after the system that stops a train
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word brakeman is made of brake and man, meaning a person who works the brakes. In the early days of trains, brakemen often walked on top of the cars to set each brake by hand, so the name clearly shows the job of making the train 'stop' or slow down.